realized that i needed even more training, so i left my full-time position and gained an internship at cbs, and that was a great gateway, so the internship plus the mba, i was able to fortunately land. looking more at the marketing and helping with making strategic decisions. >> the switch took time and money. $80,000 in student loans. >> is it worth the investment to retrain in your career and take on all those student loans? >> yes. it's worth the investment. >> the degree alone doesn't open doors. he also worked with a job coach. >> we really worked with him on interviewing and networking, because, let's face it, as a career changer, his resume speaks to what he did before. in order to get people to think of him in a different way, he had to talk to people about his story. >> reporter: not all career switches require an mba and $80,000 in debt. consider community colleges or free on-line courses in your new field. >> counter intuitively a career changer can't seem like a career changer. people will ask about experience if you are not demonstrating enough expert sees or a skillset. you h